Cupcake Madness

So I bought this book. It's called Hello, Cupcake. It is a beginner guide to decorating cupcakes and it promises to teach you to create amazing things out of a plain ol' cupcake just by using some ziplock baggies and candy.

I have a weakness for things like this because I honestly do believe that I too can create cupcakes resembling dragons or penguins at the drop of the hat. It's all part of my mommy dementia. I must bake atractive cupcakes to resemble farm animals! Because, yes, I have nothing else to do, right? (sure. sigh.)

Chris honestly laughed out loud when he saw the book arrive from Amazon. He tried to hide his amusement when I set off on my first baking experiment. But yesterday, using only my zip lock baggies, some tootsie rolls, a few m & ms and cut up circus peanuts, I made these for Aidan's school's Kid Festival Bake Sale:

Hello cupcake! I may be just a tad bit overexcited about my little chocolate lab cupcakes. Just a bit. Not quite sure I like what this says about me as a person, but at least I have cute cupcakes, right?!